Rituals for Ostara

Ostara (pronounced Oh-star-ah) is celebrated in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere between September 20-23 and between March 20-23 in the Northern Hemisphere. In 2025, Ostara in the Northern Hemisphere will occur on March 20, Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere will land on September 22. If you are a beginner or even a experienced witch, our Ostara rituals will help with celebrating this Sabbat in 2025!

Ostara is celebrated after Imbolc and before Beltane, and is also known as the Spring equinox. It marks the time in which day and night are of equal length. It is a time to honour fertility and new beginnings, sow seeds, and celebrate the abundance and beauty of nature. 

Rituals

Plant Creativity Ritual (Intermediate)

Ostara Gratitude Jar (Intermediate)

Ostara Honey-Lemon Loaf Spell (Intermediate)

The Perfumed Vessel of Returning Light (Beginner)

Plant Creativity Ritual

This spell is crafted for intentions that will bloom over time — long-term goals, creative projects, or heart-led desires. As the earth awakens, so too can your dreams take root.

You Will Need:

• Plant Pot
• Seed Sheet
• Soil Pellet
• Pencil & Paper

The Ritual:

1. On a small piece of paper, write a vivid vision of your desired outcome — not just what you want, but how it feels when it becomes real.
   Examples:
   ✦ “The final note of my song echoes, and the crowd erupts in applause.”
   ✦ “I walk into a bookshop and see my name gleaming from the spine of my novel.”
   ✦ “Their face lights up when they unwrap the gift I made with love.”
   
2. Place your peat pellet in a small container and pour warm water over it. Watch as it softens and expands — about 10 minutes. Let this moment be part of the spell: the stillness before the bloom.
3. In your plant pot, add about a quarter of the soil. Place your intention note inside — like a whispered spell to the earth, then add more soil, leaving some aside to cover the top layer.
4. Lay your seed sheet on top of the soil, then cover gently with the remaining soil.Water your seedling at sunrise and sundown, each time focusing on your intention. Let this be your daily ritual — a promise of growth, a quiet act of faith.
5. When your plant is strong, move it to a larger pot or garden bed. Just like your dreams, it needs space to thrive.
6. If you’ve planted a herb or edible plant, harvest a little once your goal has come to life. Use it in a celebratory Ostara feast — a sacred meal honouring the journey from seed to fruition.
7. And if your path shifts? Don’t fret. Nature teaches us that every twist in the vine has its purpose. Trust the unfolding.

Blessed Ostara, dear heart. 🌸 May all you plant this season grow wild, free, and full of wonder.

Ostara Gratitude Jar

Summon the sanctity of gratitude through crafted devotion—the gathering of herbs, crystals, trinkets, and intention. With each quiet offering, you weave beauty into ordinary moments, enshrining your thanks in a vessel of whispered blessings. Let your heart’s soft glow spill into this jar—and when the time is right, release it in flicker and ash, sending your gratitude soaring skyward.

You Will Need:

• A Jar or Vessel (If you purchased this years Ostara Kit, we recommend using the larger of the jars provided!)
• Craft Supplies & Trinkets (think lace, wax seals, pressed blooms, charms, bones, or anything that whispers to your spirit)
• Herbs & Crystals of Your Choosing (follow your intuition)
• A Small Stack of Paper & Pen

The Ritual:

1. Begin by adorning your jar in a way that feels sacred and soulful. Paint sigils or symbols of abundance and gratitude. Wrap it with ribbon, lace, dried vines, or thread. Add charms, bones, or curios. This is your vessel — make it a spell in itself.
2. Add a generous pinch of your herbs, and add your chosen crystals. Tuck in any trinkets, talismans, or magical odds and ends that feel charged with personal meaning. You're building a sacred container for your blessings.
3. Keep your pen and paper nearby. Each day — or whenever your heart stirs — write down something you're grateful for. A fleeting moment, a soul connection, a breath of peace. Fold the paper with intention, and whisper your thanks as you place it into the jar.
4. As each note is added, let yourself feel. Deeply. Let that emotion pour into the vessel, weaving your energy into every slip of paper. This jar becomes more than glass and herbs — it is a living spell, pulsing with your gratitude.
5. Set your jar on your altar, windowsill, or in any sacred nook of your home. Let it serve as a beacon — a visual spell drawing more blessings into your life.
6. When the jar is full — or when the moon is ripe (a full moon, a sabbat, or any liminal moment) — it's time to release the magic. Prepare a fire-safe space and burn the notes. As they rise in smoke, send your thanks to the cosmos. Let the ashes fall like stars — your gratitude returned to the universe.

Ostara Honey-Lemon Loaf Spell

This ritual loaf is a spell in itself: soft, golden, and steeped in intention. With each stir of the spoon and crack of the egg, you call in what you wish to grow — joy, love, creativity, or calm. As the scent of honey and lemon fills your space, so too does the energy of Ostara: renewal, awakening, and gentle power. This is kitchen witchcraft at its most sacred — where the mundane becomes magical, and your hopes rise with the bread.

You Will Need:

For the loaf:

• 1 ½ cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• Zest of 1 lemon
• ½ cup butter (softened)
• ½ cup honey
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup milk (or plant milk)
• Juice of ½ lemon

For the ritual:

• A Pink Spell Candle
• Wooden Spoon
• Optional: a pinch of dried herbs or flowers (lavender, rosemary, thyme)

The Ritual:

1. Light your candle and take a deep breath. As you bake, think about something you’d like to grow this season — joy, confidence, creativity, love.
2. Say aloud or in your heart while stirring the air above the candle using the wooden spoon.
   
   “As spring returns and light grows strong,
   I plant this wish to carry me along.”
   
   
3. Pre-heat your oven to 175°C (350°F) then, cream the butter, honey, and lemon zest together.
4. Add eggs, milk, and lemon juice — mix well.
5. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.
6. Add herbs or dried flowers if using.
7. As you stir, focus on your intention, imagining it filling the batter.
   Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake for 40–45 minutes, until golden and cooked through.
   
   “As this loaf rises, so do my hopes.”
   
   
8. Drizzle with a little extra honey if you like. Eat warm, and as you do, imagine your intention blooming like a flower in spring.

Optional: Share with friends, or leave a small piece in nature as an offering.

The Perfumed Vessel of Returning Light

A quiet rite of grief, scent, and soft renewal.

What You'll Need:

• A Glass Jar (If you purchased this years Ostara Kit, we recommend using the smaller of the jars provided!)
• Lava Stones
• Ostara Herb Blend
• Fragrance oil
• One black ribbon, one white ribbon
• Purple Spell Candle

The Ritual:

1. Light the candle in the stillness, of dawn or dusk, while whispering:
   
   “Ostara, light-bringer, grief-holder,
   I stand where dark and day are equal.”
   
   
2. Place lava stones in the jar.
   
   “This is the heart that held the fire.”
   
   
3. Add some of the Ostara Herb blend (feel free to add other herbs or crystals of your choosing), with each addition, name a sorrow, softly.
   
   “For what faded. For what I could not keep.”
   
   
4. Drip a couple drops of fragrance oil slowly over the contents. Let scent rise.
   
   “Let this sorrow become memory,
   And this memory become fragrance.”
   
   
5. Knot the black and white ribbons together. Wrap around the jar.
   
   “Light and shadow, held in one vessel.
   I remember. I release.”
   
   
6. Snuff the candle. Let the scent linger longer than the flame.
7. Place the jar somewhere sacred — a windowsill, your altar, or beside your bed. 
   Refresh the scent when memory stirs. Let it be a soft monument to what you've loved, and what you’re still becoming.

To learn more ways to celebrate Ostara, head to our Ostara blog here!